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Small-minded SFA must ditch parochial mentality if Scotland are to thrive | Ewan Murray

Search for a new coach after Steve Clarke’s shock resignation must look outside the country’s borders to avoid future World Cup disappointment

Ewan Murray·28 Jun 2026

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‘Street football on world stage’: Morocco and Netherlands face off in last-32 tie with a backstory

Moroccans began moving to the Netherlands in the 1960s, lending. the match in Mexico a feeling akin to ‘a derby’

Mohamed Amine Elamri·28 Jun 2026

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World Cup 2026: England to face DRC, South Korea president blasts team – as it happened

England began preparing to face DR Congo in the last 32, Scotland’s Steve Clarke stepped down while Iran and South Korea went home

John Brewin and Billy Munday·28 Jun 2026

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Football Daily | England muddle on and Clarke checks out as World Cup moves up a gear

In today’s Football Daily: England labour past Panama and Steve Clarke calls time on his Scotland tenure

Billy Munday·28 Jun 2026

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Cups of tea and a roaring crowd: Sydney’s Algerian community gathers for World Cup nailbiter

There was good food, nervous energy and pandemonium at a Surry Hills cafe as Algeria went through to the knockout round

Jack Larkin·28 Jun 2026

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World Cup schedule today: How to watch, TV channels & live stream

What’s happening in the World Cup today? Here is the full schedule for Sunday 28 June, including kick-off times, TV channels and live stream options

Graham Ruthven·28 Jun 2026

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Iran needed help to save their ‘disaster’ World Cup. Instead they got more heartbreak

Team Melli’s agonizing exit after other results failed to break their way is a moment of anguish that rises to the top of a football history full of them

Alexander Abnos·28 Jun 2026

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Bracketology: predict a path to World Cup victory

Click your way through the group stage and the knockouts to crown champion

28 Jun 2026

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World Cup glory could all come down to penalties. What’s the best strategy?

As the knockout stages begin, penalties are inevitable. What do the stats say about the best ways to take them?

Nick Evershed·28 Jun 2026

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World Cup 2026 colour chart: fans of all 48 teams join the party – in pictures

We take a look at the creativity and emotion shown by fans of each nation during the group stage of the World Cup

Steven Bloor·28 Jun 2026

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World Cup 2026 power rankings: France still kings but who has climbed 26 places?

From Algeria to Uzbekistan, we assess the standing of the 48 nations after the group stage of the tournament

Will Unwin·28 Jun 2026

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Lionel Messi steps off bench and makes a little more history in Argentina’s World Cup win over Jordan

From the moment he came on it felt like an occasion, another chance to distil the admiration for a legend of football

Nick Ames at Dallas Stadium·28 Jun 2026

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Germany trapped between past and future with team lost in identity malaise | Jonathan Liew

The ghosts of 2014 and Jürgen Klopp dominate the debate, leaving Julian Nagelsmann’s side caught between two eras

Jonathan Liew·28 Jun 2026

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Algeria 3-3 Austria: World Cup 2026 – as it happened

Both teams went through to the knockout phase in remarkable fashion after Sasa Kalajdzic scored a dramatic equaliser that knocked out Iran

Sam Lewis·28 Jun 2026

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Iran and South Korea miss out on World Cup last 32 in dramatic third-place race

The race for the best third-place teams went down to the wire with Iran and South Korea joining Scotland and Uruguay in missing out

Guardian sport·28 Jun 2026

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Late drama sends Austria and Algeria into World Cup knockouts to break Iran hearts

Algeria and Austria battled gamely for most of a 3-3 draw that qualified both teams for the knockout round at the expense of Iran

Alexander Abnos at Kansas City Stadium·28 Jun 2026

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Jordan 1-3 Argentina: World Cup 2026 – as it happened

Lionel Messi came off the bench to score his sixth goal of the World Cup as a much-changed Argentina strolled to victory

Rob Smyth·28 Jun 2026

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Alphonso Davies returns as Canada approach World Cup moment of destiny

Los Angeles date offers Bayern Munich player the chance to heal a wound that opened at this same stadium last March

Joe Callaghan in Los Angeles·28 Jun 2026

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DR Congo beat Uzbekistan 3-1 and go through to face England: World Cup 2026 – as it happened

Minute-by-minute report: DR Congo claim their first win of the World Cup and reach the last 32. Bryan Graham was watching

Bryan Armen Graham·28 Jun 2026

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Colombia take top spot over Portugal after draw in battle of World Cup heavyweights

Colombia were the better team in an entertaining fixture, which ended 0-0 and saw more doubts raised about Cristiano Ronaldo’s role

Ewan Murray at Miami Stadium·28 Jun 2026

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Colombia 0-0 Portugal: World Cup 2026 – as it happened

Colombia finished top of Group K after playing out a highly-entertaining end-to-end 0-0 draw with Portugal

Beau Dure·28 Jun 2026

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Jude Bellingham bends another day to his will after Panama stifle England | Barney Ronay

A joyless England display, football’s equivalent of assembling a wardrobe, was rescued by the No 10

Barney Ronay at New York New Jersey Stadium·28 Jun 2026

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England’s creaky defence is a World Cup worry and they need Rice back firing | Jacob Steinberg

The win over Panama failed to disguise deficiencies at the back and Tuchel’s men will not survive against a top side by going gung-ho

Jacob Steinberg at New York New Jersey Stadium·28 Jun 2026

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‘We will step up’: Thomas Tuchel feels England will thrive in World Cup knockouts

Thomas Tuchel believes England will rise to the occasion in the knockouts, saying: ‘The bigger the games get, the bigger we will get’

Ed Aarons at New York New Jersey Stadium·28 Jun 2026

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